next call comes from jeff in texas. caller: i was just wondering, back when i was a teenager, young, dumb, and stupid. i did something stupid and got a felony charge and i'm 45 they are going still hold that against me. i bow hunt because i'm not allowed to own a gun. is there ever a statute of limitations of a felony convicted by a kid in order to purchase a gun? guest: this is a problem we hear quite a bit. people reform themselves and there is a system in place in most states and i'm pretty sure that texas has one too where the governor can grant a waiver to put you back into the pool of people that are able to obtain fire arms. but that is hard to do, it could be costly so it is difficult and this is one of the issues with the system. that being said, when the brady act was written in 1993 and when the gun control act was put in place, initially created a class of people that weren't allowed to own guns. they had to draw the line somewhere and people convicted of felony crimes, which are serious crimes, it made sens